The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-22

WEEKLY COURIER,
G. pOANrc. Publisher.
Jasper INDIANA
TOPICS OF THE DAY
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I'm expecsed revolution IN Hawaii he
occurred, and King Kalakaua has bsel
virtually dethroned.
CoxsIDRRADLs discomfort cxists amonl
The New York Knights Of Labor yer IL
new constitution Of the order
HARvKy's swindling operations In tn
Treasury Department are sand 70 Be som'
Of the results Of . defective systcm o
supervision
THE magnificent corn prospects In Ne
braska are seriously threatened in sew
oral sections Of the State BY chinch buga
Wheat and Data werc greatly damaged.
E0YPrIAN cotton reports show that tn
plant y generally strong and In good con
ditiou- Water has been abundant exccp
n BeherA In Lower Egypt worms infes
the plant
TnR Gladstonian idea seems to Be fore
ing 70 the front among the Englisl
massea- The Liberals gained another
seat in the parliamentary election q
Coventry.
rRB Jackson Club. OF Columbus. have
formally requested Hon. Allen O. Thur.
man not to decline the nomination for
Governor about to be rendered him BY the
Ohio Democracy.
Tn business failures during the seven
days ended the Sth, number for the United
States. l36: Tor Canada. Is Total, 1H,
against ISL last week and IN for the cor.
responding week Of last week.
IL the League base ball cham pionship
series the Detroits are still at the top Of
the list, and Chicago has attained second
place. The St. Louis Browns continue 70
head OF the Association column.
THR Queens expenses in connection
with the jubilee celebration are said to
be IN the neiRhborhood Of e2Oo. 200. and
the thrifty old lady Il said to b appalled,
q the enormous cost Of the affair.
ALL the signs seem to poirt to the
speedy disruption Of the dog-in-thc-
Manager policy Of Russia toward bulgaria,
and the chances are that the Muscovite
will have TO haul in his horns or fight
fHE Sultan Of Turkey persists in his re-
fusal to sign the convention with England
In reference 70 Egypt in its present form,
Notwithstanding he Is urgently advised
to ratify II BY both Germany. and Italy.
TIM city directory Of New York. issued
on the 18th. contains 2 l75 pages OF names.
numbering In ali So s13. and indicating
population OF 1.6o0. 900. There are 23O0
Smiths. l 800 Browns. and 200 Joneses en-
rolled
THE frst bale OF new cotton from Texas,
classed about middling. was sold at auc-
ton At the New York Cotton Exchange
on the nth 1t was bought BY Walter r.
Miller 3 Co., for twenty-five cents per
pound
LORD LYoys, the British am bassador at
Paris, laid the foundation stone Of the
Victoria chapel in honor Of the ju bilee Of
the English Queen on the 10Th The
Bishop Of Tennessee oficiatcd ct the
Berviccs-
The New York Commercial Advertiser
claims that Jay Gould ID working a new
''pinch" In Wall street, BY which Garrett
and Ives are liable TO Be hurt and Gould
Decure the Baltimore q Ohio telegraph
lines 81 about his own figures
THB American testimonial TO Mr.. Glad
stone was presented TO him during . |
garden party q DOLLS Hill, on the 9th,
Hon. Joseph Pulitzer, Of New York, max
Ing the presen tation- Anumber OF prom
lnent Americans were among the guests. |
THE Toro Vremya, OF st. Petersburg,
Rays that the election Of Prince Ferdi- |
nand Of Saxe-C ,burg TO the Bulgarian
throne exhausts Russia's patience. "Aus-
kria will not succeed" adds the paper;
'sRussia's action may inconvenience Aus
lria-r
EAST SAGINAW (Mich.) mill employees |
are quietly working to secure, in what |
sver manner they may, the exclusion OF |
French Canadians who come over during |
The winter % work in the woods, at which |
time mill men can only ind work in the |
lumber camps
THE Pope il suffering from stomach |
and owing 70 the bad condition |
Df his teeth. - able to eat but little. He |
Graves iced drinks, Of which |
be consumes great quantities, and per-
forms great amount Of work each day |
ID spite Of his ailments.
THE Chinese denixens OF Mott street,
New York, are becoming alarmed bv the |
mortality among their race.
The recent death Of Chinaman was the |
ninth that had occurred within . fort
night Nearly all OF them have been
caused by quick consumption.
CHOLERA il rapidly spreading in Sicily,
and the virulcnt character OF the disease |
y attested BY the fact that out OF 80 |
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